Shuttle-check.



J. W. BOUNDS & T. J. McDANlEL.

SHUTTLE CHECK.

APPLICATION FILED APR-12,1911.

atentd Jan. 1, 1918 attoznug s check in which picker stick engaging 7E3 V511 S akes.

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fiHUTTLff-CHECF.

Application filed esprit 12, 191?.

cnecl; which may be mounted adjacentthpivot point of the oiclrer stick, and engag the stick to check its motion.

Another oLject is to produce a huttle shoes are held by adjustable friction means.

Still another object is to produce simple and cliicient suuttie check.

JFii'h the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proce ds, tne invention resides in the combination and arran ent of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can he made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

One prac ical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 J. is a side elevation of a shuttle check constructed in accordance with our invention, the same shown applied to a picker stick.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device showing the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 1. i

Fig. 3 a front elevation.

Fig. i is horizontal section taken on the line d'l of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference-z- R indicate the usual rock shaft, to which is secured the parallel I. with its laterally extending bracket B. pivot-ally engaged at its lower and there is provided the usual log strap L which is looped around the picker sticl-t.

Secured the bracket B by means of a screw belt 1, or otherwise, is a bracket Specification of Letters Eatent.

A picker stick S is Jan. fl, Llfilltl.

:2, which is arranged beside and extends longitudinally of the parallel. One end of the bracket arm nay be turned down right angles thereto, as at 3, to prevent the arm pivoting on the screw bolt 1. The other end of the arm 2 is bent upwardly and quarter turned to provide the upstand lag; support a".

A dish 5, formed nith a diametrical groove (5 to which the support l is adapted. is provided with a central core 7 adapted to aline with an aperture formed in the support 4, when the support is seated in the groore. its will be seen most clearly in Fig. l, the depth of the groove 6 is greater than the thickness of the support el. A stud 8 passes through the bore 7 and the aperture of the support l, and is provided at a median point with a rectangular collar 2) which is adapted to be seated within the groove ii and engage the support nut ll) threaded to one end of the stud 8 serves to bind the disk 5 in place hi1 the support #1.

A leather dish 11, is providet with a con tral aperture through which passes the other end of the stud 8. A. disk i2, having a central bore 13. is also mounted on this end of the stud 8 so that the leather disk 11 is bound between the dish 5 and the dish A shaped bar 14 is provi led with an ap i tare 15 for the reception of. the stud 8, and the bar is secured by screws 16, or OllllHlWlSe; to the exposed face of the disk 12. Bar 1% has its ends twisted and bent to form outwardly extending shoes 17, adapted to an brace the picker stick and alternately con tact an edge thereof. The shoes 1'? he faced with leather or other suitable mate rial, not shown, an opening 18 being pro vided in each shoe for the purpose of binding the same in place.

A leaf spring 19 has its ends engaging the exposed face of the dish 12. one of the ends preferably resting between the arms of the tl-har Li. and is bent to arch across said face. The spring 19 is apertnred to re ceive the stud S, on which it is held by a not 20, which is threaded on the stud, and which also serves to tension the sprin in practice, the device is-iised in following and secured in place, as hereinheitore set for h. i he 1e picker stieit nner:-The check is assembled the shuttle from the shuttle Kim "ending and, a, disk cal slot "w comprising a 1; standing and, a m'mnet'ical slo adapwl v stuca for clamping aha stud provided with. a r a fzirc'timn disk 9 extension of the stud and tmencioned disk, zuwtl'zer -stick en- 5;; shows carried by said disk, 2; spring ing-m the use of the said-L disk, and

1110:1215 for adjusting the tensifin of the Lu zfjust tbs pressure of aha last zncsniimnud d1s1: on the fnctlon disk.

in tesiimnny that we claim 112 foregoing a hereto affixed 013.1? sig- 1 we of two Wltmsses. 33H W. BOUND-55: THOMAS J. MGDMFHEL. 

